Organizations: CMHC (Undo)

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  Housing starts to moderate for rest of year; to stabilizing in 2011

  Online on 08/31/2010 by The Canadian Press

  Housing starts are expected moderate in the second half of this year and stabilize in 2011 at levels consistent with demographic trends, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation says.

  Section : Residential   |   Type : Article

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  Housing starts rise 40 per cent in Ottawa

  Online on 08/10/2010 by OBJ Staff

  Year-over-year figures show housing starts in Ottawa bumping up 40 per cent to 763 units in July, according to numbers released Tuesday by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp.

  Section : Residential   |   Type : Article

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  Local housing starts jump 29% year-over-year in Q2

  Online on 07/09/2010 by OBJ Staff

  A 29-per-cent increase in Ottawa housing starts year-over-year in the second quarter of 2010 came on the strength of multiples, according to numbers released Friday by the Canada Mortgage and Housi...

  Section : Residential   |   Type : Article

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  Vacancy in seniors’ homes climbs to 17.4%

  Online on 06/25/2010 by OBJ Staff

  The vacancy rate in Ottawa seniors’ residences climbed to 17.4 per cent in 2010, according to recent data from Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp.

  Section : Residential   |   Type : Article

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  Local renovation levels second-most in the country

  Online on 06/09/2010 by OBJ Staff

  Fifty-eight per cent of Ottawa households, the second-most in the country, did some kind of renovation work in 2009 according to a new report by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp.

  Section : Local   |   Type : Article

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  Ottawa housing starts up 45% in April

  Online on 05/10/2010 by Krystle Chow

  Strong multiple-unit construction activity boosted overall housing starts in April, with total starts rising 44.6 per cent to 506 units, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp.

  Section : Construction   |   Type : Article

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  New investment rules mean rich get richer, poor get poorer

  Online on 04/16/2010 by Jim Pellerin

  I’m confused about recent announcements by the federal government that make it more difficult for people to purchase real estate as an investment.

  Section : Real Estate   |   Type : Article

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  Housing starts edge up 1.7% in March

  Online on 04/12/2010 by Krystle Chow

  A year-over-year drop in apartment construction activity in March almost cancelled out gains for starts in other sectors of the local housing market, leading to fairly flat numbers during the month...

  Section : Residential   |   Type : Article

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  Single-detached starts drive housing construction activity up in February: CMHC

  Online on 03/08/2010 by Krystle Chow

  Year-to-date housing construction activity is still just around the average seen in the past decade, despite a more-than-doubling in the number of new homes started in February, according to new da...

  Section : Residential   |   Type : Article

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  Ottawa apartment starts plunge 89% in January, pulling down overall construction activity

  Online on 02/08/2010 by Krystle Chow

  Ottawa posted strong lowrise construction activity in January, but weaker apartment numbers dragged down overall housing starts in the first month of the year, according to new data from Canada Mor...

  Section : Residential   |   Type : Article